Football Game Preview: St. Joseph Catholic Eagles vs. The Covenant Preparatory School Knights

By Team Reports Oct 8, 2024, 6:17am

Football Preview: St. Joseph Catholic Eagles vs. The Covenant Preparatory School Knights

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St. Joseph Catholic has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will host The Covenant Preparatory School Knights at 7:00 p.m. St. Joseph Catholic will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.

St. Joseph Catholic is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took an 82-69 hit to the loss column at the hands of Baytown Christian on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (52), the Eagles still had to take the loss.

St. Joseph Catholic's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Peter Najvar, who gained 280 total yards and two touchdowns, and Colt Bundick, who picked up 158 receiving yards and six touchdowns. Najvar also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble, making 12 total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defending a pass. Aidan Cruz was another key player, throwing for 317 yards and five touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes.

Meanwhile, The Covenant Preparatory School put another one in the bag last Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They were the clear victor by a 51-30 margin over Baytown Christian. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 21 points or more this season.

St. Joseph Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for The Covenant Preparatory School, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-0.

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